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photoglg · 10-17-2002, 04:38 PM

Does anyone have an easy way to remove and install the fender emblems without pulling the interfender and/or the fender?

NSANE68!!! · 10-17-2002, 06:22 PM

Not very orthadoxed but here's what I did. 2" steel dry wall putty spatula slide it behind the emblem till you feel the stud and give it a sharp tap with a hammer. Then it will fall to the ground.

tom hand · 10-17-2002, 06:39 PM

If you want to reuse the emblems you're gota pull the inner fender and even then it's a test of patiance to do it, but it can be done. If you are going to buy new emblems do what NSANE68!!! suggested then when you put the new ones on, they make some clips that go in the holes that you can just push the emblems into that work pretty good. Any bodyshop supply place should have them.

NSANE68!!! · 10-17-2002, 06:42 PM

Or you can grind off the post or what's left of it , then put them back on with 3M double sided emblem tape. That's all they use anymore. You don't see any modern day vehicles with the annoying post and quick nuts. Not side badges anyway. Maybe in the grills.

jostrans68 · 10-17-2002, 09:25 PM

My c20 emblems are recessed would you just double up the tape?

bobs409 · 10-18-2002, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by NSANE68!!!
You don't see any modern day vehicles with the annoying post and quick nuts. Not side badges anyway. Maybe in the grills.

Yeh, and they don't use real metal either! Everything is plastic today. Garbage!

Longhorn Man · 10-18-2002, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jostrans68
My c20 emblems are recessed would you just double up the tape?

That is interesting...never heard of it before. You have any pictures?

**Yukon Jack** · 10-18-2002, 12:15 PM

I think what he means by recessed is when you look at the back of the emblem, there is only a thin outline of the letters C20 so not much surface area for the 3M tape to adhere to. If you were to use 3M tape, I would think you would want to fill the recessed area with tape to build up the surface flush with the outline of the letters.

Southpa · 10-18-2002, 01:47 PM

OK, lets look at it from another angle. I will want to get my emblems ON the fenders with the fenders still on the truck (after its painted). No, I'm not pulling the fenders off again, they are aligned nicely. I'll figure it out when the time comes.

billogna · 10-18-2002, 05:34 PM

I ground off the posts and filled the emblems with epoxy, then used 3M double backed tape. Use the dark gray colored tape- it's less noticeable than the white. It holds good, too, because when I tried to move my "8350" emblem 3 years later, when I found out I had it in the wrong spot, it was really hard to get off.

photoglg · 10-18-2002, 08:15 PM

Thanks everybody for the input. I have now got the emblems off and took the truck to the paint shop today. I plan to reuse the same emblems, so now I will pull the interfenders and try to put the nuts back on without messing up the paint.

bobs409 · 10-19-2002, 09:04 AM

There are special clips available to use instead of putting the nuts back on. I don't know if they have a special name or not but they slip into the holes and then you just push the emblem back on.

Available at most auto paint/body supply stores.

*Fast68Chevy* · 10-21-2002, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bobs409
There are special clips available to use instead of putting the nuts back on. I don't know if they have a special name or not but they slip into the holes and then you just push the emblem back on.

Available at most auto paint/body supply stores.

yeah but see he needs ot get them off first and thats the problem he faces, not esy thing to do with fenders on truck,

i have seen quite a few emblems that eben removed and were reinstaleld with double side tpe by filling in recessed area with the tape and triming around to fit inside and then another layer of thinner tape on top of that trimmed to outline of emblem shape, works fine dont evne know its held on not by the studs and nuts til you go to remove them. i would just tape em, unless trucxk is absolute 100 point show award winning truck.

good luck

bobs409 · 10-21-2002, 08:00 AM

Look above my post and you'll see he say's he already has them off.

10-17-2002, 04:38 PM	#1
photoglg Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Oxnard, CA Posts: 143	Fender Emblems Does anyone have an easy way to remove and install the fender emblems without pulling the interfender and/or the fender? __________________ 1969 GMC S/B S/S 3" drop

10-17-2002, 06:22 PM	#2
NSANE68!!! SLICER AND DICIER Join Date: May 2001 Location: Quuen Creek Posts: 1,383	Not very orthadoxed but here's what I did. 2" steel dry wall putty spatula slide it behind the emblem till you feel the stud and give it a sharp tap with a hammer. Then it will fall to the ground. __________________ 01 Tahoe 22's 2/4 drop and tv's 68 chevy money pit 51 chevy belair 95 Honda 900RR 05 GMC Siearra (company truck)

10-17-2002, 06:39 PM	#3
tom hand CCRider Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Olive Branch,MS,USA Posts: 2,232	If you want to reuse the emblems you're gota pull the inner fender and even then it's a test of patiance to do it, but it can be done. If you are going to buy new emblems do what NSANE68!!! suggested then when you put the new ones on, they make some clips that go in the holes that you can just push the emblems into that work pretty good. Any bodyshop supply place should have them. __________________ 72 GMC Sierra SWB almost finished---- 84 Softail Olive Branch MS

10-17-2002, 06:42 PM	#4
NSANE68!!! SLICER AND DICIER Join Date: May 2001 Location: Quuen Creek Posts: 1,383	Or you can grind off the post or what's left of it , then put them back on with 3M double sided emblem tape. That's all they use anymore. You don't see any modern day vehicles with the annoying post and quick nuts. Not side badges anyway. Maybe in the grills. __________________ 01 Tahoe 22's 2/4 drop and tv's 68 chevy money pit 51 chevy belair 95 Honda 900RR 05 GMC Siearra (company truck)

10-17-2002, 09:25 PM	#5
jostrans68 Jostrans68 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Bloomington indiana Posts: 1,182	My c20 emblems are recessed would you just double up the tape? __________________ [CGTW Member former 67-72 now with a 96 silverado

10-18-2002, 12:15 PM	#8
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	I think what he means by recessed is when you look at the back of the emblem, there is only a thin outline of the letters C20 so not much surface area for the 3M tape to adhere to. If you were to use 3M tape, I would think you would want to fill the recessed area with tape to build up the surface flush with the outline of the letters. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

10-18-2002, 01:47 PM	#9
Southpa Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 2,409	OK, lets look at it from another angle. I will want to get my emblems ON the fenders with the fenders still on the truck (after its painted). No, I'm not pulling the fenders off again, they are aligned nicely. I'll figure it out when the time comes. __________________ 1970 GMC 1500 Custom Original 350/TH350 Victoria, BC, Canada You can wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first.

10-18-2002, 05:34 PM	#10
billogna Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Choctaw, OK Posts: 235	I ground off the posts and filled the emblems with epoxy, then used 3M double backed tape. Use the dark gray colored tape- it's less noticeable than the white. It holds good, too, because when I tried to move my "8350" emblem 3 years later, when I found out I had it in the wrong spot, it was really hard to get off. __________________ '69 Chev Cust/10 swb, 350/700R4, 5"/6" '70 Chev C10 swb, 67 front, 454/700r4, 4"/5" '73 Chev stepper, 350/3 spd '84 Chev K20 350/4 spd '91 GMC 1500 Suburban 4x4, 350/700R4

10-18-2002, 08:15 PM	#11
photoglg Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Oxnard, CA Posts: 143	Thanks everybody for the input. I have now got the emblems off and took the truck to the paint shop today. I plan to reuse the same emblems, so now I will pull the interfenders and try to put the nuts back on without messing up the paint. __________________ 1969 GMC S/B S/S 3" drop

10-19-2002, 09:04 AM	#12
bobs409 1969 Custom 30 wrecker Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Pottsville, Pa Posts: 2,611	There are special clips available to use instead of putting the nuts back on. I don't know if they have a special name or not but they slip into the holes and then you just push the emblem back on. Available at most auto paint/body supply stores. __________________ Bob 63 Impala 283/PG/3.36 (under restoration) 66 Impala 327/PG/3.36 66 Chevelle SS 409/M22/3.55 69 Chevelle 307/PG/3.08 (future restoration) 69 C10 short stepside 454/TH350/3.73 69 Custom 30 tow truck 350/4 spd/4.10 (resto done, CRUISIN TIME!) 71 Cheyenne 20 fleetside 350/4 spd/4.10 71 Chevelle 6/PG/3.08 72 Chevelle 454/M21/4.10

10-21-2002, 08:00 AM	#14
bobs409 1969 Custom 30 wrecker Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Pottsville, Pa Posts: 2,611	Look above my post and you'll see he say's he already has them off. __________________ Bob 63 Impala 283/PG/3.36 (under restoration) 66 Impala 327/PG/3.36 66 Chevelle SS 409/M22/3.55 69 Chevelle 307/PG/3.08 (future restoration) 69 C10 short stepside 454/TH350/3.73 69 Custom 30 tow truck 350/4 spd/4.10 (resto done, CRUISIN TIME!) 71 Cheyenne 20 fleetside 350/4 spd/4.10 71 Chevelle 6/PG/3.08 72 Chevelle 454/M21/4.10

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